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What makes it possible for the dependent elderly to die at home in Italy?

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K04112
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Sociology
Research InstitutionMatsumoto University

Principal Investigator

FUKUSHIMA Tomoko  松本大学, 大学院 健康科学研究科, 教授 (60435287)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords看取り / 高齢者介護 / ケア労働者 / 在宅死 / 移民女性 / ケア労働のグローバル化 / イタリア / 家族主義 / 介護労働者 / 社会学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Owing to the so-called "super aging society" in Japan, the government has been promoting a shift from dying in hospital to dying at home. Having examined the Italian society, the primary reasons for Italy's high home-death rate are likeky the widespread informal care provided by the families of the elderly and the paid at-home care provided by migrant women. These norms of at-home care originated from the lack of formal elderly-care services in Italy and the solid intergenerational relationships within Italian families. The labor of migrant women is also exploited to supplement this norm of at-home, family care.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

医療資源の不足を背景として、在宅死を含めた病院以外の場所での看取りが推進されている日本において、外国人のケア労働者の受け入れが決定された。今回検討したイタリアの事例が、そのまま日本社会に適用できるわけではないが、外国人を含め、第三者が高齢者の看取りにかかわることの評価については、本研究における質的調査の結果―看取るケア労働者の処遇の改善や精神的負担の軽減の必要性―を踏まえて検討することが妥当だろう。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2019 2017

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 私は部外者それとも「準家族」?-ケア労働者が担うイタリアでの在宅看取り2019

    • Author(s)
      福島智子
    • Journal Title

      ソシオロジ

      Volume: 64(1) Pages: 61-80

    • NAID

      40021988106

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] イタリアにおける在宅死―自宅での介護を可能とする条件に着目して―2019

    • Author(s)
      福島智子
    • Journal Title

      保健医療社会学論集

      Volume: 30(1) Pages: 54-64

    • NAID

      130007882407

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] <Invited Articles>The Denied Death: Aspects of Death in Nursing Homes in Italy2017

    • Author(s)
      福島智子
    • Journal Title

      いのちの未来

      Volume: 2 Pages: 73-83

    • DOI

      10.14989/218231

    • NAID

      120005973264

    • ISSN
      2423-9445
    • Year and Date
      2017-02-18
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 現代イタリアにおける看取りの諸相―よき死あるいは看取りとは2017

    • Author(s)
      福島智子
    • Journal Title

      松本大学研究紀要

      Volume: 15 Pages: 25-35

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Open Access

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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